<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16608" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"> <DIV><SPAN class=843531919-25022008><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff>My suspicion is that we're supposed to deduct the value of the Journal from our Guild dues to come up with the Schedule C deduction.  (But since the Journal's value is inestimable, how could we ever put a value on it? <g>)  Convention registration is probably 100% deductable, but meals, travel, etc., are figured separately.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=843531919-25022008><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=843531919-25022008><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff>The final arbiter in all this, of course, is the IRS, which maintains a handy website for folks just like us: <A href="http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/index.html">http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/index.html</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=843531919-25022008><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=843531919-25022008><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff>Annie</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> KeyKat88@aol.com [mailto:KeyKat88@aol.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, February 25, 2008 11:54 AM<BR><B>To:</B> pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Guild/Convewntion write-off on schedule C<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV>Greetings,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>         Is a convention fee 100% deductable on schedule C? What about guild <EM>dues</EM>? In Potter's course the handout states something about 100%. The instructions for IRS schedule C state 50%. Is it 100 for one and 50% for the other?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Julia </DIV> <DIV>Reading, PA</DIV> <DIV> </DIV><BR><BR><BR> <DIV><FONT style="FONT: 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF; COLOR: black"> <HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px"> Delicious ideas to please the pickiest eaters. <A title=http://living.aol.com/video/how-to-please-your-picky-eater/rachel-campos-duffy/2050827?NCID=aolcmp00300000002598 href="http://living.aol.com/video/how-to-please-your-picky-eater/rachel-campos-duffy/2050827?NCID=aolcmp00300000002598" target=_blank>Watch the video on AOL Living.</A></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>